Lorelei

Dog-star, ram, and pomegranate
Fox swam and swans descant

Entranced
In an awful dance
For Lorelei

Pine box or mantle top
Circe’s humdrum song
Is pleading for help at my
Overcoat of clay

Forget my youthful sins
Lay waste to my transgressions
Scream that melody in vain
My Lorelei